Certainteed Corp. fire

Posted: Tuesday, March 02, 2004

Firefighters from five different Athens-Clarke County fire stations rest outside a warehouse leased by the Certainteed Corp. insulation plant at 335 Athena Drive Monday after insulation inside the east-side building erupted into flames. Assistant Fire Chief Larry Pittman said no one was injured in the blaze, and the fire was entirely contained inside the building. Pittman said the building did not catch fire, but the fire did destroy piles of fiberglass insulation. The first firefighters arrived at the scene at about 3:30 p.m. and were there until late into the night slowly moving the chemical-treated insulation and extinguishing the fire. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. (Editor's note: A correction was made to this caption Mar 3, 2004.)